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Matamata-Piako District Council – District Wide Wastewater Treatment Plant Consenting

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This application was first publicly notified on Thursday 19th September in The Waikato Times, Morrinsville News and Te Aroha News and subsequently notified on Tuesday 24th September in Matamata’s Scene.

 Status of application

The application is currently being processed. 

About the proposal

Matamata-Piako District Council has lodged an application with Waikato Regional Council to renew Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) consents in the Matamata District.

Resource consent application

Consent application APP146289 was lodged with Waikato Regional Council on 4 March 2024.

This application includes an assessment of environmental effects. Proposed activities are as follows:

Reference ID Activity Description
AUTH146289.01.01 To discharge odour to air associated with the WWTP processes at Matamata, Te Aroha, Morrinsville, Tahuna and Waihou WWTPs
AUTH146289.02.01 Continued use and maintenance of structures in, on and over the beds of the associated waterways at the Matamata, Te Aroha, Morrinsville and Tahuna WWTPs
AUTH146289.03.01 Discharge treated wastewater to surface water for Matamata, Te Aroha, Morrinsville (including drainage water from Pond C dam toe drain and screened high-flow bypasses from pond C) and Tahuna WWTPs
AUTH146289.04.01 Discharge stormwater at Morrinsville WWTP
AUTH146289.05.01 To discharge waste activated sludge to Pond C and the associated discharge of contaminants to air, at the Morrinsville Wastewater Treatment Plant, Morrinsville
AUTH146289.06.01 To discharge treated wastewater to land and groundwater (via pond seepage) for Matamata, Te Aroha, Morrinsville and Waihou WWTPs

Locations

  • Matamata Wastewater Treatment Plant, 253 Tauranga Road (State Highway 24), Matamata
  • Morrinsville Wastewater Treatment Plant, 134 Roche Road, Morrinsville Te Aroha Wastewater Treatment Plant, 5163B State Highway 26 (State Highway 26), Te Aroha
  • Tahuna Wastewater Treatment Plant, 68 Pioneer Road, Tahuna
  • Waihou Wastewater Treatment Plant, Campbell Street, Waihou

Application information

Application information is available here for you to download and read. You can also obtain copies of this information by contacting us on our Resource Use Freephone 0800 800 401.

If you have further questions or would like more information about this application, please contact Amy King at Waikato Regional Council on 0800 800 401.

Resource consent application and assessment of environmental effects (AEE)

How to make a submission 

Any person may make a submission on the above applications, but a person who is a trade competitor of the applicant may do so only if that person is directly affected by an effect of the activity to which the application relates that:

  1. adversely affects the environment; and
  2. does not relate to trade competition or the effects of trade competition.

You may make a submission by sending a written submission to Waikato Regional Council, Private Bag 3038, Waikato Mail Centre, Hamilton 3240 or electronically to RCsubmissions@waikatoregion.govt.nz.

The submission must be on form 13. Copies of this form are available from Waikato Regional Council on our website.

Submissions close Wednesday 16th October 2024.

This application can be viewed at our Hamilton Office, 160 Ward Street, Hamilton by arrangement.

You must serve a submission on Matamata-Piako District Council whose address for service is PO Box 266, Te Aroha 3342 or email to sarah.sunich@ghd.com, as soon as reasonably practicable after serving your submission on Waikato Regional Council.